Space Shuttle Challenger / OV-099

STS-51-F

Lockheed Space Operations Company was scheduled to launch a Space Shuttle Challenger OV-099 rocket as part of the
STS-51-F mission. The launch window for the Microgravity Research mission was on Mon, Jul 29th, 1985, 6:00 PM EDT from Launch Complex 39A, Kennedy Space Center, FL. The status of the launch was Success.
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Mission

STS-51-F

STS-51-F was the nineteenth flight of the shuttle program and the eighth flight of Space Shuttle Challenger. It flew in orbit for 8 days performing science in Spacelab 2.